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Project Management Using Microsoft Project

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Always preserve the number of hours to perform a task. Changing work when fixed will impact duration.






2. The number of resources required to get the tasks/assignments completed.






3. Start date - Current date - finish date - status date - schedule from - calendar - & priority (with project pro). Enterprise custom fields here too - if you're hooked into enterprise.






4. Appears: mon means: month






5. Appears: emon means: Elapsed month






6. Gantt Chart -> Format -> Bar Styles segment -> format drop down. Adjust all aspects of the bars in the gantt.






7. Contains information relative to tasks.






8. Tables are made up of fields.






9. Appears: eday means: Elapsed day






10. Project template (.mpt) - or Global MPT file. Drives what you see in the project. Corporations may have their own.






11. If '______________' isn't checked - for example - then you won't be able to set a style for critical tasks.






12. The Precedence Diagram Method is a tool for scheduling activities in a project plan. It is a method of constructing a project schedule network diagram that uses boxes - referred to as nodes - to represent activities and connects them with arrows that






13. Network Diagrom -> Format ribbon -> format.






14. Focus on Gantt -> Format ribbon ->






15. File -> Info -> Organizer. Access global mpt - delete views - etc. (ADD MORE)






16. Two tasks vying for one resource - who wins?






17. Appears: min means: minute






18. File -> Options -> Scheduling --> Drop down for Decimal or Percentage.






19. Appears: ehr means: Elapsed hour






20. Work divided by available resource units. Formula: D=W/U






21. Amendment to task type.






22. Function key 5. You can go directly to ID - or 'date'.






23. Shows closest thing to a 'resource gantt chart'. Shows tasks by resource. Also shows unassigned tasks - and unscheduled tasks. Allows for user-controlled scheduling.






24. Task ribbon -> 'task' -> recurring task. An easy way to schedule reccuring meetings.






25. Appears: emin means: Elapsed minute






26. Time delay. Sometimes - it's preferred to have lag shown as a task. You can assign costs to it - that way. Style sheets will indicate this.






27. Appears: hr means: hour






28. An 'activity' - or 'task'. The bottom 'child' task - there's nothing underneath it. If there are sub-components - or 'children' tasks below a parent task - that parent task is a SUMMARY task.






29. To switch between ____________: (Project 2010) - Use the bottom-left icon. Use the ribbon. Task mode column in entry table. File -> options -> schedule.






30. Single Start - Single Finish. No 'danglers'. Everything must be connected. No loops.






31. Ensuring that the successor activity does not begin until after the predecessor activity is completed is implementing a start-to-finish (SF) model. This is the most logical path to follow when planning a project. Those in project management should be






32. Appears: wk means: week






33. Finish to start - finish to finish - start to start - start to finish. All are 'at least'.






34. The acceloration of the successor task. 'Negative lag'






35. Can be added to the ribbon - and it walks user through formatting of the gantt chart. Pretty cool.






36. Default view in Network Diagram. Without LINK LABELS - you won't see lag time - etc. The term finish to start refers specifically to the logical relationship that exits between the activities that make up he entirety of the project in which it is det






37. Always preserve the duration of a task. Changing duration when fixed will impact work.






38. Tasks - resources - assignments - all have dialogs. Example: resource leveling. Project information dialog very important.






39. Their purpose is to ORGANIZE. Summary tasks have work packages or other summary tasks which comprise the parent summary task. Summary tasks are NOT scheduled. The children tasks are what need to be scheduled.






40. Vitally important. It shows how much time remains - which indicates whether or not tasks need to be re-planned.






41. A compact - matrix representation of a system or project. The approach can be used to model complex systems in systems engineering or systems analysis - and in project planning and project management.






42. efines units.






43. Hiding does not delete data. If you hide a column - data maintains - but to get it back - you'll need to right click - insert column.


44. Work - resource - cost.






45. 1. Initiation 2. Planning 3. Execution 4. Monitoring & Control 5. Closing






46. Task calendar - resource calendar - base calendar.






47. A terminal element is the lowest element (activity or deliverable) in a WBS; it is not further subdivided. Sometimes called a 'work package' - but NOT synonymous.






48. U = W / D Work divided by duration.






49. Shows logical relationship between tasks. View tab -> 'split view' section -> details checked -> More views -> Select there.






50. Tables - charts - usage tables - and sheets.